The problem stems from insurance companies failing to adequately reimburse EMS agencies for their calls, forcing local taxpayers to shoulder the financial burden.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee unanimously approved a bill Monday to form a task force on emergency medical ...
SHEFFIELD — The future of ambulance availability and emergency medical services in the Berkshires is precarious at best. Stretched EMS providers have been crying for help, as local towns and private ...
Warnings of a statewide emergency medical services “crisis” pushed lawmakers to advance a bill Monday that would create a ...
GREAT BARRINGTON — Will an ambulance show up quickly — or at all — when a resident calls 911 with a medical emergency? To ensure the answer remains yes into the future, the state has awarded $180,500 ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Paramedics are a vital part of the health care system in the Ozarks. For some, ambulances may be the only medical care nearby. But finding enough staff to fill those ...
(The Center Square) – Calling 911 is often the first reaction in a medical emergency, whether at home or on the road this summer. It’s our indispensable safety net. But who answers that call? That’s ...
CHEYENNE — Amid Wyoming’s growing maternity desert crisis, a Casper Republican state lawmaker has suggested increasing Medicaid payments to OB-GYNs to make up for the state’s declining birth rate.